Our trip to Pacific Coast Composites was extremely successful. They ended up donating way more fiber glass than we expected. So, if there are any projects that can use prepreg fiber glass, ask the LV3 team. They guessed that we got about 30k worth of donations!
- We were *just barely*(!) able to fit the carbon fiber roll into the VMS freezer... as long as there is something weighing down the lid. We had to cut about 1.5" off of one end, but we *didn't* have to cut the whole roll in half. We also fit in two rolls of unidirectional CF, a small roll of adhesive film, and some FG rolls. - We also put some FG rolls in the freezer in the capstone lab. - We were able to get access to the biology cold room in SRTC 425, so the remainder of the FG rolls went into the cold room. We still need to take a formal inventory of what got donated, but a rough inventory looks like this: - 1 roll of prepreg CF (6 feet wide, unkown length) - 1 roll of AF-30 adhesive film (3 feet wide, 17 yards) - 2 rolls of unidirectional CF tape (1 foot wide, unknown length) - many rolls of prepreg fiber glass - 1 aluminum surface treatment kit So, we can finally start doing layups (yay!). *The critical goal now is getting a permanent freezer.* The VMS freezer, the capstone lab freezer, and the biology cold room are all borrowed space. The biology cold room is not even cold enough for storing prepreg composites; it's just better than room temperature. We also don't want to bother the biology department. The sooner we can get a permanent freezer for all of this, the better. ~Joe Shields
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